download drives at http://support.dell.com

i did some research and i found out that the file  is related to my "Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card". i go to dells drivers and downloads website, put in my service tag, and there is only 1 download for that driver. i download it and follow the instructions provided on the website to install it. the only problem is that i noticed the drivers information before the install and after the install and nothing changed. the driver date and version were still the same. i know something installed because during the installation i noticed my internet icon and saw that is was going on and off as if a driver for my wireless card had been installed or something. then i log in this morning and right away it crashes and the same file is involved.

what did i do wrong?

i tried to install the driver again and it still seems like nothing changed. should i not have noticed a change in the description of the driver? im going to the device manager and checking the date / version and it is not changing. i followed the instructions that dell provided.

here is the link to the driver / installation guide- http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R228532&SystemID=STUDIO1558&servicetag=&os=W764&osl=en&deviceid=16118&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=5&impid=-1&formatcnt=0&libid=5&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=328195

also if i click update driver it says the driver is up to date on both look up software online and install yourself

Download the driver save it somewhere on your computer like your desktop. Install ccleaner and defraggler. 

Go to computer > Unistall or change a program > Uninstall anything that mentions Dell Wireless.

Reboot, run ccleaner and defraggler and then try installing the driver.